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Super Rugby: Reds vs. Hurricanes in Brisbane (01/03/2013)
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 553884" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>This is really a tough game for me to pick.</p><p></p><p>One of the keys for the Canes will be to obtain dominance up front - the front row of Franks/Coles/Toomaga-Allen has the potential to do this, but don't have much experience as a combination (a few pre-seasons games). I think the Canes loosies really need to step up this week, after being largely outplayed by their Blues counterparts last weekend. The young Reds loosies are in great form too - Gill probably outplayed Hooper last weekend (after matching Pocock the weekend before) so will be a real threat. What I like about Quirk and Shatz is there high work-rates - the Reds haven't missed Higginbotham so far this season (indeed I think the trio has functioned better without him!). I feel Brad Shields really needs to try and assert a bit of physical dominance for the Canes, rather than play the wider ranging game of a number 8 (which is why he and Vito need to switch positions in my opinion...).</p><p></p><p>There are some great match-ups in the backline: Cooper vs Barrett, Tapuai vs Bateman, F-Sautia vs Smith etc. I'm very interested to see how Conrad Smith goes marking F-Sautia - Smith remains one of the premier centres in world rugby but does seem to be slowing down slighty, so will need to keep a close eye on F-Sautia (who is lightening quick for a centre). I'm hoping to see a bit more from the Canes back-three this weekend as they were pretty quiet last weekend (Leiua was the pick of them though).</p><p></p><p>Overall I'm picking the Reds by 5. Not sure whether we will see and overly expansive game, as it has been raining consistently here for the last couple of weeks, so may well be raining again come kick-off time....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 553884, member: 24910"] This is really a tough game for me to pick. One of the keys for the Canes will be to obtain dominance up front - the front row of Franks/Coles/Toomaga-Allen has the potential to do this, but don't have much experience as a combination (a few pre-seasons games). I think the Canes loosies really need to step up this week, after being largely outplayed by their Blues counterparts last weekend. The young Reds loosies are in great form too - Gill probably outplayed Hooper last weekend (after matching Pocock the weekend before) so will be a real threat. What I like about Quirk and Shatz is there high work-rates - the Reds haven't missed Higginbotham so far this season (indeed I think the trio has functioned better without him!). I feel Brad Shields really needs to try and assert a bit of physical dominance for the Canes, rather than play the wider ranging game of a number 8 (which is why he and Vito need to switch positions in my opinion...). There are some great match-ups in the backline: Cooper vs Barrett, Tapuai vs Bateman, F-Sautia vs Smith etc. I'm very interested to see how Conrad Smith goes marking F-Sautia - Smith remains one of the premier centres in world rugby but does seem to be slowing down slighty, so will need to keep a close eye on F-Sautia (who is lightening quick for a centre). I'm hoping to see a bit more from the Canes back-three this weekend as they were pretty quiet last weekend (Leiua was the pick of them though). Overall I'm picking the Reds by 5. Not sure whether we will see and overly expansive game, as it has been raining consistently here for the last couple of weeks, so may well be raining again come kick-off time.... [/QUOTE]
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